Trash-turner



J. MILLER.

TRASH TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov, a, 1919.

Pamea June s, 1920.,

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1. MILLER.

TRASH TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 191.9.

1,343,959., Patented Jun@ s, 1920.

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JAMES MILLER, OE DERBY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO GEORGE FLETCHER@c COMPANY LIMITED.

TRASH-TURNER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 8, 1920..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MILLER, subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Derby, in the county of Derby and Kingdom of England, haveinvented a certain new and useful Trash-Turner, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in sugar cane or the likecrushing mills, and relates more particularly to an improved means forthe adjustment of the trash turner relatively to the rollers with whichit coperates.

In usual three-roller sugar cane mills it is necessary to provide aplate of desired form, the so-called trash plate, to guide the crushedcane after it has been squeezed between the feed and the top rolleruntil it passes between the top and the discharge rollers.

According to this invention means are provided for adjusting the bar andthereby the trash turner blade carried by it, simultaneously at bothends. In the application of the invention to an eccentric type ofadjustment taken by way of example, a shaft passes right through the barand the headstocks and carries cams or eccentrics engaging slidingpieces tted in the bar.

Lateral movement is communicated to the plate by revolving the centralshaft by any desired means such as worm and wormwheels or levers orother suitable means from one convenient and accessible positionpreferably on the open side of the mill as distinguished from the pinionor driving side.

rIhe invention is more particularly described with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side View of part of atrash turner while Fig. 2 is a part cross-sectional end view through amill.

The trash turner 1 which may be of any desired form, is mounted on thelower part of the framing 2 between the two lower rolls in the case of athree-roller mill, in usual manner. On its upper surface it carries theblade 3 bolted or otherwise secured to it., Adjacent its upper edge ashaft 11 is passed through it, which shaft 4 carries an eccentric 5engaging a bush 6 on each side of the mill adapted to slide in guides 7on the trash turner 1. It will consequently be seen that by rotating theshaft A the trash turner blade 3 would be moved either to one side orthe other. rIhe shaft t passes through the head stock 17 and carries aworm wheel 8 on the side of the mill opposite to that carrying thedriving gearing 9. "The worm wheel 8 is adapted to mesh with a worm 10provided with a handle or with tommy holes or other means whereby it maybe rotated. `Consequently it will be seen that whenever the trash turnerblade requires adjusting this may be simply effected by a turning of theworm 10 from the open side of the mill without necessitating thestoppage of the same. In order to protect the adjusting mechanismconsisting of the eccentric bush 5 and block 6, a guard plate 1l isprovided which shrouds this adjustment mechanism by directing the juiceaway from it.

I declare that what I claim is 1. A sugar cane crushing mill comprisingrollers, a trash turner, adjustment means at each end of said trashturner and means to simultaneously operate said adjustment means.

2. A sugar cane crushing mill comprising rollers, a trash turner,adjustment means at each end of said trash turner, means tosimultaneously operate said adjustment means and means to protect theadjustment means from juice.

3. A sugar cane crushing mill comprising head stocks, rollers mounted insaid head stocks, a trash turner, adjustable bearings for said trashturner in said lieadstocks and means to adjust said bearingssimultaneously.

4. A sugar cane crushing mill comprising headstocks, rollers mounted insaid head stocks, a trash turner, adjustable bearings for said trashturner in said head stocks and means arranged on the upper side of themill to adjust said beL rings simultaneously.

5. A sugar cane crushng mill comprising head stocks, rollers mounted insaid head stocks, a hollow trash turner, adjustment signed my name this16 day of Sepr., 1919, means on each efnd of said trash turner, inthepresence of two subscribing Witnesses. operating means or saidadjustment means and means interconnecting the adjustment JAMES MILLER 5means and passing through said hollow Witnesses:

trash turner. Y J. F. KZALIETT, In Witness whereof I have hereuntoMILLER.

